Photograph
byCaptain
Frank
Hurley
BOANAI, WHERE MISSION BELLS PEAL SOFTLY OVER THE SUNSET WATERS
OFTHE
BAY
One of the greatest difficulties encountered by missionaries and other teachers in instructing the Papuans
isthelanguage
problem.
Each
village
has its own particular dialect, and while many words are pronounced alike, they have different meanings indifferent
places.
One
missionary
who
regu
larly visited two neighboring villages continually misused a word which in one place denoted the Holy Spirit,
butintheother
meant
sweet
potatoes.